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Sebastian Melmoth
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SEBASTIAN
MELMOTH
[OSCAR WILDE]
LONDON
ARTHUR L. HUMPHREYS
1911
DESCRIPTION
(iv) + 222 + (iv)
Book measures 165mm x 135mm approximately.
Nicely bound by Hatchards in half green grained gilt-ruled calf over green boards. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt boxed compartments with title, author and date in gilt. Nice quality heavier gauge paper pages. Top page edges in gilt, remainder uncut.
CONDITION
In overall good condition. The binding is in firm and tight condition. There are some general scuffs, marks and knocks to the binding and some small losses of leather to some of the spine compartments. Light rubbing of hinges and board edges, and bumping to board corners. Internally the pages are wonderfully clean and bright with just some minor dulling to end-papers.
Overall, a nice signed binding in good condition.
INTERESTING
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, the early 1890s saw him become one of the most popular playwrights in London. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts, imprisonment, and early death at age 46.
Wilde is now known for more than his wit and his iconic libel trial. His work contains real depth and political engagement while the world-famous Importance of Being Earnest is a much queerer beast than it first appears. His essays on aesthetics are still stimulating today. During his travels after release from prison, called himself Sebastian Melmoth, deriving this pseudonym from the title character in his great-uncle's (Charles Maturin) famous Gothic novel of 1820.
Sebastian Melmoth contains epigrams and aphorisms and the essay "The Soul of Man".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Melmoth Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MB0342
- Title
- Sebastian Melmoth
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Format/Binding
- Hatchards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arthur Humphreys
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Melmoth Books
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About Melmoth Books
We have been collecting and dealing in books for over 20 years. We are passionate bibliophiles who understand the importance and satisfaction of "the read". We have a broad range of subject interest from rare antiquarian, poetry, Bronte, South Africa, the Graveyard Poets and Women Writers. We provide valuation and probate services and we also purchase individual books and collections.
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- Remainder
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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